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Crash sends one to KGH

UPDATED 4:52 P.M.

An email from someone claiming to be a friend of the family has told Castanet the man has died from his injuries. Castanet has not yet been able to confirm this with authorities.


UPDATED 3:35 P.M.

When Terry Adrian came across a serious motorycle accident on Boucherie Road Sunday afternoon, his training kicked in and he jumped to action.

While not currently active in first aid, Adrian held a occupational first aid level 3 certification for 18 years and within minutes of arriving on the scene, he brought the injured rider of the motorcycle back to life.

Adrian had just pulled up to the scene on his own motorcycle when he noticed a downed bike on the road. He went around traffic and saw the operator of the bike more than 40 feet from the crash scene, eight feet down a nearby driveway.

While his wife stayed with their motorcycle, Adrian ran to the injured rider. Another man was already holding the injured man's head and together they rolled him onto his back while carefully protecting his neck.

“He had no pulse and he was not breathing,” said Adrian. “After about a minute or a minute and a half, I got his heart beating again. I was able to maintain his pulse and respiration rate until the ambulance arrived.”

Adrian said it looked like the man – who he estimated to be in his late 20s to early 30s - lost his helmet during the accident and struck his head.

“It was as bad as I've seen from a motor-vehicle accident,” he added.

Adrian said he did not see a second vehicle at the scene and does not think the injured rider was struck by another vehicle.

Adrian has brought people back from the brink of death in the past at workplace accidents when he was an active first aid attendant and the experience is always very intense.

“I'm stressed out,” Adrian told Castanet shortly after the accident. “I just need to calm down.”


A motorcycle accident on Boucherie Road at Prosperpine Road sent one person to Kelowna General Hospital with undetermined injuries Sunday afternoon.

The accident happened around 1:15 p.m.

Witnesses said two fire engines, three police cars, one ambulance supervisor and one tow truck attended the scene.

Boucherie Road was closed for about an hour.

The names of the victim or how the accident happened are not known at this time.



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